A Sampling of Student Project Topics

A recent treasure trove of projects revealed:

• A resourceful depression-era woman confronting an alcoholic husband. • A one-time basketball star who now lives on the street as a drug addict. • A family reflecting about the race riots in their Midwestern neighborhood in

the sixties. • A man who was separated from his siblings and grew up in an orphanage. • A Lithuanian community protesting religious freedom by covering a hill

with crucifixes. • A first responder suffering from mercury inhaled while helping after 9-11. • A fearful American bride during a military coup in the Philippines. • A lawyer from a small town whose bank was robbed by Al Capone. • A family friend who assisted with a transnational adoption. • A dispute between two fast food chicken franchises. • An organ donor recipient notified during a remote camping trip. • A ghostly visitor believed to appear at a mysterious crime scene. • A pair of runaway circus elephants in a rural cornfield. • A traditional family picnic held at gravesite.

Dr. Nancy Mack Multigenre Research Projects: Multifaceted, Multipurpose Writing Assignments

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